Shortly before 10am local time on January 15th 2001 (21:00 14th of January2001 GMT) a Vietnam-era helicopter crashed in front of the feet of the parting USA-ambassador to New Zealand, and killed the New Zealand pilot. The helicopter was working for a millionaire to remove earth from his house.
On the 10th anniversary of the undeclared war of the USA against its former friend Iraq, an omen was delivered for coming war-on-the-people-president G.W.Bush and his war-mongering elites, who gained formal control of the politics of the ready-for-war-armed USA, by fraud.
"In the hands of a people whose education has been willfully
neglected,
the ballot is a cunning swindle benefitting only
the united barons of industry, trade, and property."
Daniel Guerin
Because the corrupt new ruler-elite in the USA gives ambassador-posts to their croonies for favours, Moseley-Braun has to go.
US NAVY and war fetishist and history-falsifier Brendan Foley witnessed the omen.
New Zealand would abandon its anti-nuclear laws in a flash if it really needed United States help, says departing US Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun. The ambassador told the Herald that in the 15 months she had been here, she had come to understand better New Zealand's 1987 law banning nuclear-powered or -armed ships. She did not see it being changed in a hurry, but only because there was peace in the region. "It's kind of a funny situation because in a way you almost hope that the situation doesn't arise that makes New Zealand change its mind," she said. "Because if there's a war out here in the South Pacific, you guys would need to have all kinds of things coming in and out of here. "Count the minutes to how long it would take that [anti-nuclear law] to get repealed if that's the case. "The fact that things are peaceful means this is a position that doesn't get immediately in the way of the security in the region."
New Zealand had stepped forward to help East Timor, which had been "brilliant and rightfully applauded." "The issue for us is that New Zealand remains conscious of its importance and its role in security for this region. Uncle Sam wants to help but we have to rely on the countries in the neighbourhood to keep peace in the neighbourhood." Asked if she saw it as a luxury for New Zealand to have an anti-nuclear policy, Carol Moseley Braun pointed to the fact that the former owners of the US Embassy property in Lower Hutt were fearful enough in the Second World War to build a bunker out the back. It is still there. "It's one of those things where I've taken the position that you can disagree without being disagreeable. This is one place where the United States' position and New Zealand's position are different. I don't hold out a whole lot of hope that it's going to change any time soon." As with all ambassadors, Carol Moseley Braun, a Democrat, offered her resignation after Republican President George W. Bush was elected. Hers was accepted.
She is a former Senator from Illinois, only the second black ever elected to the Senate. But the Senate hearings on her appointment touched on two issues that plagued her political career: personal visits to Nigeria when it was under the command of former military dictator Sani Abacha and an audit by the Federal Election Commission on 1992 campaign spending, which cleared her. Her appointment was confirmed by 98 votes to two.
She said New Zealand had been "a life-saving time for me." "I had such a difficult time in the Senate. This has just been restorative and rejuvenating. "It's like this country gave me a big hug when I got here. It has been so nice and so wonderful." The ambassador said she had made life-long friends here, had travelled from the Bay of Islands to Invercargill, had gone black-water rafting at Waitomo and whale-watching in Kaikoura and had visited marae all over the country. She said New Zealand should give itself more credit for its place in the world on race relations. "While there are concerns and debates and there is controversy around the issues of race and empowerment, at the same time you have a much more integrated multicultural society than just about any place in the world. "You have had integration of the Pakeha and the Maori from the beginning in this country."
Inter-racial marriage in the United States was illegal until 1969. Carol Moseley Braun has her eye on a farming career when she returns to the United States on Thursday. She said she had family land in Union Springs, Alabama, and wanted to see if it would be suited to pecan farming. Friends were trying to persuaded her to stand for Governor of Illinois, but she was keen to check out the pecan nut possibilities. Businessman Sir Robert Jones and the Speaker of Parliament, Jonathan Hunt, will throw a farewell party for the ambassador on Wednesday.
HOLLOW MAN -- NOW THRU NOVEMBER 7
(Hollow Man was a stupid Hollywood Film in 2000 -- November 7 was
election day, but the election was to be fraudulent)
MORE MONEY FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND DEFENSE? HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO PAY FOR THAT?
The candidate of the elites (who want even more money!) was told
to promise everything.
HUGE TAX CUTS!
And George W. Bush, being a slow thinker, repeats what he was told
to deliver to the elites.